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The symptoms are that it is taking several attempts for the main burner to fire, it always does eventually though. I can hear the extractor winding up to speed followed by the pilot light clicking several times before giving up and the extractor winding down again. It then pauses for a few...

Thanks Paul, bypass valve turned to about 3/5's shut, the boiler seems to be behaving a bit better now, will keep an eye on it. This other valve, I've checked the couple of sticky posts on cylinder balancing with little luck, is it the same as balancing the radiators, ie. the out pipe should be...

Hi, The pump in my CHS packed-up recently and the valves either side of it weren't working properly either so ended up having to drain the whole system. But prior to that, when I initially started to remove the pump water came gushing out and I grabbed any valve I could find and turned them...